Glenn Greenwald Q&A at Brown

I admit I am somewhat schizophrenic about Glenn Greenwald praising him one minute and questioning him the next but he seems an odd mix of genuine concern about civil liberties and still thinking the CATO institute is pretty good (he tweeted about a drug conference there the other day).

Nonetheless this lecture and Q&A is very good. In the lecture part he does cover some old ground so if you're pressed for time skipping to the Q&A bit at around the 50 minute mark may be worthwhile.

COINTELPRO alive and well.

Rumours of its' demise (spread solely by the government) decades seem to have been premature. Infiltration of Vegan groups and co-option of anti-police brutality groups among the many essential undercover activities carried out by US law enforcement agencies: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/aclu-surveillance/ But hey, as the right wingers scream, you guys haven't got CCTV so everything is fine.

I'll try and read the full 33 page report to see if anything else shows up. Don't hold your breath though.